2011 | Adams, Colorado | Primary care provider rate
Summary Information
| Range in Colorado (Min-Max): |
16,997:1-372:1 |
| Overall in Colorado: | 816:1 |
| National Benchmark: | 631:1 (90th percentile) |
Ranking Methodology
| Summary Measure: | Health Factors - Clinical Care (Access to Care) |
| Weight in Health Factors: | 5% |
| Years of Data Used: | 2008 |
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| The counties are shaded with lighter counties having a better rank. Gray counties are not reported (NR). |
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Primary care physicians include practicing physicians specializing in general practice medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics/gynecology. The measure represents the population per one provider.
The data on primary care physicians were obtained from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Area Resource File (ARF) for 2009. The ARF data on practicing physicians come from the AMA Master File (2008), and the population estimates are from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2008 population estimates.
Having access to care requires not only having financial coverage but also access to providers. While high rates of specialist physicians has been shown to be associated with higher, and perhaps unnecessary, utilization, having sufficient availability of primary care physicians is essential so that people can get preventive and primary care, and when needed, referrals to appropriate specialty care.
Scroll down for details on this measure for all of the counties in this state.
| Table ↓ | |
|---|---|
| Population | Population estimate, 2008 |
| PCP No | Number of primary care physicians (PCP) in patient care |
| PCP Ratio | Population to Primary Care Physicians ratio |
| Z-Score | (Measure - Average of CO counties)/(Standard Deviation) |
| Place | Population | PCP No | PCP Ratio | Z-Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 429,597 | 338 | 1,271:1 | 0.67 |
| Alamosa | 15,441 | 26 | 594:1 | -0.96 |
| Arapahoe | 554,372 | 644 | 861:1 | -0.01 |
| Archuleta | 12,497 | 17 | 735:1 | -0.37 |
| Baca | 3,782 | 2 | 1,891:1 | 1.13 |
| Bent* | 6,058 | 0 | 6,058:0 | 0.00 |
| Boulder | 300,452 | 569 | 528:1 | -1.34 |
| Broomfield | 54,813 | 69 | 794:1 | -0.19 |
| Chaffee | 17,000 | 31 | 548:1 | -1.21 |
| Cheyenne | 1,779 | 4 | 445:1 | NR |
| Clear Creek | 8,910 | 1 | 8,910:1 | 1.89 |
| Conejos | 7,980 | 8 | 998:1 | 0.28 |
| Costilla* | 3,246 | 0 | 3,246:0 | 0.00 |
| Crowley | 6,498 | 2 | 3,249:1 | 1.53 |
| Custer | 3,944 | 3 | 1,315:1 | 0.71 |
| Delta | 30,834 | 43 | 717:1 | -0.43 |
| Denver | 593,086 | 1,221 | 486:1 | -1.63 |
| Dolores | 1,954 | 3 | 651:1 | NR |
| Douglas | 281,138 | 237 | 1,186:1 | 0.56 |
| Eagle | 52,019 | 63 | 826:1 | -0.10 |
| El Paso | 595,359 | 438 | 1,359:1 | 0.76 |
| Elbert* | 22,938 | 0 | 22,938:0 | 0.00 |
| Fremont | 47,677 | 36 | 1,324:1 | 0.72 |
| Garfield | 54,838 | 57 | 962:1 | 0.21 |
| Gilpin | 5,238 | 2 | 2,619:1 | 1.40 |
| Grand | 13,775 | 24 | 574:1 | -1.06 |
| Gunnison | 15,222 | 21 | 725:1 | -0.41 |
| Hinsdale | 818 | 1 | 818:1 | NR |
| Huerfano | 7,765 | 5 | 1,553:1 | 0.92 |
| Jackson | 1,340 | 2 | 670:1 | NR |
| Jefferson | 533,295 | 671 | 795:1 | -0.19 |
| Kiowa* | 1,272 | 0 | 1,272:0 | NR |
| Kit Carson | 8,128 | 9 | 903:1 | 0.09 |
| La Plata | 50,633 | 83 | 610:1 | -0.87 |
| Lake | 7,999 | 4 | 2,000:1 | 1.18 |
| Larimer | 292,889 | 403 | 727:1 | -0.40 |
| Las Animas | 15,901 | 13 | 1,223:1 | 0.61 |
| Lincoln | 5,208 | 8 | 651:1 | -0.69 |
| Logan | 20,718 | 19 | 1,090:1 | 0.43 |
| Mesa | 141,905 | 204 | 696:1 | -0.51 |
| Mineral | 950 | 2 | 475:1 | NR |
| Moffat | 13,822 | 5 | 2,764:1 | 1.43 |
| Montezuma | 25,150 | 27 | 931:1 | 0.15 |
| Montrose | 40,484 | 41 | 987:1 | 0.26 |
| Morgan | 27,540 | 25 | 1,102:1 | 0.45 |
| Otero | 18,639 | 20 | 932:1 | 0.15 |
| Ouray | 4,588 | 12 | 382:1 | -2.64 |
| Park | 16,997 | 1 | 16,997:1 | 1.98 |
| Phillips | 4,448 | 6 | 741:1 | -0.35 |
| Pitkin | 15,616 | 22 | 710:1 | -0.46 |
| Prowers | 12,989 | 10 | 1,299:1 | 0.70 |
| Pueblo | 156,009 | 209 | 746:1 | -0.33 |
| Rio Blanco | 6,318 | 17 | 372:1 | -2.78 |
| Rio Grande | 11,632 | 10 | 1,163:1 | 0.53 |
| Routt | 22,965 | 36 | 638:1 | -0.75 |
| Saguache | 7,018 | 6 | 1,170:1 | 0.54 |
| San Juan | 571 | 0 | 571:0 | NR |
| San Miguel | 7,527 | 14 | 538:1 | -1.27 |
| Sedgwick | 2,348 | 4 | 587:1 | -0.99 |
| Summit | 26,724 | 44 | 607:1 | -0.89 |
| Teller | 21,616 | 26 | 831:1 | -0.09 |
| Washington | 4,472 | 2 | 2,236:1 | 1.28 |
| Weld | 248,852 | 216 | 1,152:1 | 0.52 |
| Yuma | 9,620 | 12 | 802:1 | -0.17 |
NR in Z-Score column indicates county "not ranked"
*Unreliable estimates
